One Beetle Too Many : The Extraordinary Adventures of Charles Darwin

by LASKY, KATHRYNTRUEMAN, MATTHEW

• ISBN13: 9780763614362
• ISBN10: 076361436X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-01-13
• Publisher: Candlewick

Summary

With lively text and captivating images, this title tells the story of Charles Darwin as a boy, and is an ideal resource for celebrating the 200th anniversary of his birth on February 12. Full color.

Author Biography

Kathryn Lasky is the award-winning author of more than ninety books for children, including JOHN MUIR: AMERICA'S FIRST ENVIRONMENTALIST; A VOICE OF HER OWN: THE STORY OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY, SLAVE POET; VISION OF BEAUTY: THE STORY OF SARAH BREEDLOVE WALKER; and INTERRUPTED JOURNEY: SAVING ENDANGERED SEA TURTLES. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Matthew Trueman spent his childhood in Italy but returned to the United States to attend art school. He is the illustrator of A PICTURE FOR MARC and NOAH'S MITTENS. He lives in Phillipsburg, New Jersey.

Of ONE BEETLE TOO MANY, he says: "The illustrations in this book started out as drawings created with acrylic inks, watercolor, and graphite pencil. I moved up the food chain to add gouache and colored pencil. After sealing the pictures with acrylic medium, I did my thicker acrylic painting, then fooled around a little more with graphite and colored pencil. Finally, I added the collage elements, including paper, string, and weeds and wildflowers from my yard and nearby ditches and fields."